Awakenings : awakening damaged brains... with a sleeping pill!

Abstract

Allow me to introduce you to yourself or, more specifically, to your brain. I am referring, of course, to a generalised example of a brain. Surveillance technology has not progressed to the point where images of our brains are kept somewhere in enormous data archives without our knowledge. The image to follow simply illustrates what lies within the confines of your skull. The vast interconnections formed by your neurons give rise to your hopes, dreams, memories and vitally, your ability to interact with your surroundings or, in short, the essence of ‘you’.